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One Direction on Today: 2D photos of 1D announcing 3D movie

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Look at this photo of One Direction. Now, imagine the sound of 15,000 voices, screaming in unison. A record number of fans turned up at New York's Rockefeller Plaza to see the boy band perform Nov. 13.Reuters

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Take Me Home, eh? This, of course, begs the question: which One Direction member would you take home (provided you are also a teenager, and your mom and dad say it's OK)?Reuters

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Choose Zayn! Reuters

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Choose Harry! And then maybe he'll get a tattoo to commemorate that time you locked eyes across a sold-out arena.Reuters

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Choose Liam! He's serious, girl. Serious about letting you know just how beautiful you are.Reuters

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Choose Louis! Think of all the neat things he could teach you about hair product!Reuters

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Choose Niall! He's, er, Irish!Reuters

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One Direction appeared on The Today Show Nov. 13, the same day the boy band released their second album, Take Me Home.Reuters

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One Direction perform adorably on the Today Show, Nov. 13. And yet, this photo could be even more adorable. It just needs puppies.Reuters

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PUPPIES!!!Getty Images

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OK, OK. Since you asked, Harry. And yeah, this picture is a lot better when you add puppies to it.Reuters

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While appearing on the Today Show, One Direction announced that their 3D movie will arrive in theatres Aug. 30, 2013.Getty Images

One Direction made Today Show history Tuesday morning (Nov. 13), drawing 15,000 people to New York’s Rockefeller Plaza — more voices shrieking in unison than any other performance in the program’s history.

(Thanks for sharing that fun fact during the broadcast, Al Roker!)

But Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn were there to do more than sing — and inspire a few thousand fans to risk suspension from middle school.

“We are going to do our first-ever movie, and it’s going to be in 3-D,” One Direction’s Niall “The Irish One” Horan announced on the Today Show, to absolutely no one’s surprise.

More unusual: the feature will be directed by documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, perhaps best known as that guy whose dedication to eating McDonalds earned him an Oscar nomination (Super Size Me).

As 1D’s manager/unofficial cub-scout leader Simon Cowell said in a statement issued by Sony Pictures: “Morgan is the perfect person to give that access-all-areas, behind-the-scenes look into what it’s like to be One Direction today.”

Watch One Direction perform “What Makes You Beautiful” on Today below (the footage was not, unfortunately, directed by Spurlock) and check out photos of their set in the gallery above.